Extensible bedstead.



Patented May 2i, I90I.

E. P. BERGMAN & A. E. RENARD.

EXTENSIBLE BEDSTEAD.

(Application filed Feb. 27, 1901.)

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' UNITED STATES ERICK P. BERGMAN AND ARTHUR RENARD, OF CONCORDIA,KANSAS.

EXTENSlBLE 'BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 674,725, dated May 21,1901.

Application led February 27, 1901. Serial No. 491043- (NO model-l To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ERIcK P. BERGMAN and ARTHUR E. RENARD,citizens oftheUnited States, residing at Concordia, in the county of Cloud andState of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in ExtensibleBedsteads, of which the following is a specilfication.

Thisfinvention relates to certain new. and useful improvements inbedsteads; and it consists in the particular construction andarrangement of the parts which provide means whereby the bedstead can beextended laterally to provide for either a single or double bed, as willbe hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of abedstead constructed in accordance with our invention, in which view theside bars are shown extended. Fig. 2 is a detail view of one end of thebed, partly in section; and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of oneof the slats.

Abed made up in accord with our invention is preferably constructedentirely of metal, the posts A being tubular and. provided at a suitabledistance above their lower ends with apertures which are adapted toreceive hooks b, which project from the end pieces of the sides B. Thelower bars of the sides B are preferably made angular, said angle-bars Bhaving through the horizontal flange openings b', which are adapted toreceive pins c, which depend from the ends of each section of the slats.The slats are each made up of two' parts C C, the part C beingbifurcated to provide parallel side members, between which the reducedportion of the part C is secured by means of plates d d', which arerigidly attached to the ends of the members ofthe slats. By theconstruction shown we provide slats which are longitudinally extensibleand can be moved with the side pieces of the bed.

The posts A, at right angles to the side pieces B B, have rigidlyattached thereto inwardly-projecting tubes D D', each havingtherethrough longitudinal slots e and below the slots a plurality ofperforations e. The posts above the lower tubes D carryinwardlyprojecting sectionsH H, which are ornamented to correspond withthe ornamentation of the side pieces, above the angle-bar thereof.

' F refers to the central sections of the head and foot board, and on aline with the tubes D D' are larger tubes E E', into which the tubes D Dmay slide. The tubes E have in their lower portion longitudinal slots,and in said slots are placed latches G, the same being secured to thetubes by transverse pins g. The latches are constructed to provideVvnear the pins depending portions,above which are springs g', whichtend to force the inwardly-projecting ends g of the latches inengagement with the apertures e'. noted that the outwardly-projectingends of the latches carried by each bar are near each other, so thatthey may be readily manipu- It will be i lated by one hand while theother hand actuates the latches on the corresponding bar closed and thelatches are hidden, as they lie mostly within the tubes and the slotstherein. When the latches are operated to remove their catch ends fromthe holes c', the side sections and the posts, together with theextensible slats, can be adjusted to make the bed wider or narrower, asdesired.

The inwardly projecting sections H H, which are carried by the posts,may lie snugly against a correspondingly-ornainented end piece attachedto the center tubes E.

We are aware that prior to our invention bedsteads have been made withhollow head and foot boards to receive pieces which project from theposts 'and' enter thev recess to provide means for extending the widthof the bed, and we do not claim such construction,

broadly; but

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a metal bed having side pieces, the combination of corner-postshaving inwardlyprojecting tubes D D said tubes having longitudinal slotsand perforations below said slots, inwardly-projecting sections carriedby the corner-posts on a line with the side pieces of the bed, centralsections having upper and lower slotted tubes, spring-actuated latchesattached to the slotted central sections to engage with the apertures inthe tubes attached to the corner-posts, and pins attached to the tubesto engage the longitudinal slots in the tubes attached to the post,substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with the posts and side IOO of the central sectionsand engaging said apertures, the parts being organized substantially asshown.

In testimony whereof We have hereunto set our hands in presence o f twosubscribing witnesses.

ERICK P. BERGMAN. Y ARTHUR E. RENARD.

Witnesses:

NAPOLEON B. BROWN, ROBT. R. BETHEL.

